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United States Patent | 6,137,468 |
Martinez ,   et al. | October 24, 2000 |
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for altering the display of an object on a display device in a data processing system. Changes in the attitude of a device within the data processing system are detected relative to a reference plane. The device may be a display device or some other device within the data processing system. The display of the object is altered in response to detecting selected changes in the attitude of the device.
Inventors: | Martinez; Anthony Edward (Austin, TX); Martinez; Sarka (Austin, TX) |
Assignee: | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Appl. No.: | 730593 |
Filed: | October 15, 1996 |
Current U.S. Class: | 345/649; 345/672 |
Intern'l Class: | G09G 005/34 |
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